Forficula auricularia (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Common Earwig)

Interactions where Forficula auricularia is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

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Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
is endoparasitoid host of larva Ocytata pallipes a parasitoid fly Diptera: Tachinidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
Parasitism of the common earwig, Forficula auricularia (Dermaptera: Forficulidae) by Tachinid flies in an apple orchard, Phillips, M.L., 1983
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Ocytata pallipes/Ocytata pallipesa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Dermaptera/Forficulidae/Forficula auricularia/Forficula auriculariacommon earwig larva is endoparasitoid of
is endoparasitoid host of larva Triarthria setipennis a parasitoid fly Diptera: Tachinidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
Parasitism of the common earwig, Forficula auricularia (Dermaptera: Forficulidae) by Tachinid flies in an apple orchard, Phillips, M.L., 1983
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Triarthria setipennis/Triarthria setipennisa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Dermaptera/Forficulidae/Forficula auricularia/Forficula auriculariacommon earwig larva is endoparasitoid of

Author & YearTitleSource
Belshaw, R., 1993Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 10, Part 4a(i), 169pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Phillips, M.L., 1983Parasitism of the common earwig, Forficula auricularia (Dermaptera: Forficulidae) by Tachinid flies in an apple orchardEntomophaga 28: 89-96.

Forficula auricularia (Common Earwig) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Forficula auricularia (Common Earwig) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesForficula auricularia (Common Earwig)
GenusForficula (a genus of earwigs)
FamilyFORFICULIDAE (a family of earwigs)
OrderDERMAPTERA (earwigs)
Division Exopterygota (earwigs, grasshoppers, stoneflies, true bugs, and other insects with wings developing externally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Forficula auricularia (Common Earwig)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Gonzalez-Miguens, R., Munoz-Nozal, E., Jimenez-Ruiz, Y., Mas-Peinado, P., Ghanavi, H.R. & Garcia-Paris, M. 2020 Speciation patterns in the Forficula auricularia species complex: cryptic and not so cryptic taxa across the western Palaearctic region Zoological Journal of the Linnaean Society Vol 20: 1-36.

Forficula auricularia (Common Earwig) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Phillips, M.L. 1983 Parasitism of the common earwig, Forficula auricularia (Dermaptera: Forficulidae) by Tachinid flies in an apple orchard Entomophaga 28: 89-96.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Forficula auricularia (Common Earwig):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 24 images of Forficula auricularia (Common Earwig)
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